Chapter 476 Experience the pride of human beings! (Pull a gun) [7000 words]
I don’t know if it’s because the bear’s skin is too thick, or because Ogata’s Kasumi Nagi is not powerful enough – it could also be a combination of both. After this giant bear took 4 bullets from Kasumi Nagi, it was still able to attack Ogata.
Launch an attack.
After all, Kasumi Nagi is just a pistol. No matter in terms of power or rate of fire, it is not as good as modern firearms, let alone those shotguns.
This giant bear was about a hundred meters away from Ogata.
In just over one breath, the bear covered this distance.
Its goal is clear - Ogata.
It just rushed straight towards Ogata.
After getting closer to the giant bear, Ogata intuitively felt that this bear was really big!
When I encountered it during the day today, it was relatively far away, so it didn't give Ogata much sense of oppression.
Now that it was getting closer, Ogata could deeply feel how oppressive a bear of this size was.
It was a full circle bigger than the female bear we met during the day.
If he stood up, he would be at least 3.2 meters tall.
The heavy sound of treading on the ground, the sharp sound of breaking wind, coupled with such a huge size - Ogata felt that the weight of this bear should not be less than half a ton.
“Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch—!!”
After rushing into a position where his bear paw could reach Ogata, the giant bear roared, raised its giant palm with sharp claws, and patted Ogata.
However, when it just raised its palm, Ogata had already jumped from the side and escaped from the giant bear.
The four bullets Ogata fired just now had some effect.
In terms of speed, it was much slower than the still-injured female bear that Ogata and the others encountered during the day.
Although the target of this giant bear was Ogata, Atachi and Aiyaka quickly jumped to the side along with Ogata to distance themselves from the giant bear.
Ogata and Omachi jumped to the right side of the giant bear.
Aiyaka jumped not far to the left side of the giant bear.
Although in terms of strength, speed, and reaction speed, bears are far superior to humans.
But humans have human pride!
Bang, bang, bang, bang!
The pride of mankind is to be able to use various tools skillfully
Four more gunshots rang out.
The four gunshots this time were emitted from the Satsakura trees in A-machi.
Ogata and the others took turns showing the pride of human beings to the bear.
After following Ogata and jumping to the right side of the giant bear, A-machi raised her Suzaku, pointed it at the right side of the bear's abdomen, and fired all the bullets in the Suzaku chamber in one breath.
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Unlike Ogata, whose shooting talent and shooting level are about zero, Atachi is a sharpshooter who has excellent shooting talent since childhood.
Atachi didn't aim at the bear's side blindly because he couldn't shoot accurately like Ogata did just now.
Instead, he squinted one eye and pointed the gun at the giant bear through the moonlight.
Her target is the bear's neck.
A-Machi knew little about "bear hunting". Her only knowledge about bear hunting was that Ogata told her "don't attack the bear's head." She had no idea where the bear's vital points were.
Although he didn’t know where the bear’s vital point was, A-Machi guessed that since it was an animal, there should be no animal that was not afraid of being attacked on the neck.
Atachi is already different from what he was during the day.
Now that she has experience fighting bears, she no longer feels so panicked and nervous when facing a bear again.
During the day today, due to his lack of experience with bears and the fact that he was unexpectedly attacked by a bear, Atachi was unable to calmly aim and shoot.
For Atachi, who is good at shooting, shooting the bear's neck at such a close distance was just a piece of cake.
Almost at the same time as Atachi, Ayaka also showed the pride of mankind to the bear.
Ayaka jumped to the left side of the bear, raised his bow and arrow, and pointed the arrow directly at the left side of the bear's abdomen. The arrow glowed with a strange light.
Lifting the gun, aiming, and pulling the trigger—the above actions took Atachi less than 1 second from start to finish.
The same is true for Aiyaka - raising the bow, pulling the string, and loosening the string. From beginning to end, it only took less than 1 second.
All four of Suying's bullets entered the giant bear's neck.
The arrow shot by Aiyaka also penetrated deeply into the flesh of the giant bear's left abdomen.
"Woo..."
The bear no longer roared like it did before, but instead let out a low "wow" sound - it probably didn't have the strength to roar anymore.
"He has been hit by my poisonous arrow!" Aiyaka shouted to Ogata and Atachi on the other side, "It won't be long before he dies!"
Although the power of Sozakura and Kasumi Nagi is not comparable to modern firearms, they were hit by 8 rounds in a row, 4 of which were shot in the neck. No matter how strong and ferocious this bear is, it is impossible for him to continue to live and breathe.
What's more, he has now been hit by a poisonous arrow.
But - even though it was scarred, the bear still stood firm, staggered, and walked towards Ogata little by little.
"Ouch, ouch, ouch—!"
The bear used its last bit of strength to growl at Ogata, raised its paw again, and then waved it down.
This time, Ogata didn't jump away as far away as before.
The bear's speed has now slowed down to the point where even Omachi can easily dodge it.
Facing the bear's paw, which had little strength and speed left, Ogata used the Dragon Tail change move that he hadn't used in a long time - Dragon Tail: Dodge.
Ogata used his left foot as the axis and rotated to avoid the bear's paw. He accumulated strength while rotating. After spinning in a circle and facing the giant bear again, he quickly drew his knife and performed a sharp horizontal slash on the bear.
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Under the moonlight, the gleaming sword light swept toward the giant bear's neck.
Although the fur of the giant bear is thick, facing the blowing and broken hair of Dai Shiten and facing Ogata's swordsmanship, it is actually no different from thin paper.
A completely different feeling from when he was killing people came to Ogata's hand.
Compared with human skin and flesh, bear skin and flesh are thicker and harder.
A large amount of bear blood was poured out by Ogata.
With just one strike, Ogata left a deep wound on the giant bear's neck that could see the bone.
"Woooo..."
The giant bear struggled, trying to stand firm.
But Ogata's knife just now was like the last straw that broke the camel's back.
After shaking a few times, the giant bear fell heavily to the ground, stirring up a large amount of snowflakes on the ground.
In the face of human pride, the strength and speed of bears are not worth mentioning at all.
"Awesome..." Aiyaka looked at Ogata blankly, "The sword you just struck was so powerful..."
Although Ayaka did not know how to use a sword and knew nothing about Kazuto's swordsmanship, as a hunter who had been around blood and death for many years, he instinctively felt that Ogata's sword just now was quite powerful, accurate and hateful.
"Mashima, I didn't expect your swordsmanship to be so powerful."
"I once learned some swordsmanship in Izumo. It's just a small advantage that is not worth mentioning." Ogata said with a smile as he put the Daishiten back into its sheath after wiping away the blood and fat.
When Ogata heard Ayaka's praise for him, for some reason, he thought of Mamiya, whom he hadn't seen for a while.
So I subconsciously blurted out what Mamiya said most often.
Ayaka quickly walked to the dead bear and checked the condition of the bear.
"Yeah. It's dead." After saying that, Ayaka turned to look at the two Ezo not far away who had just been attacked by the bear and were still lying on the ground wailing, "I'm going
Look at the situation of those two people."
"I recognize those two people. They seem to be hunters from Hege Village."
Ogata followed Aiyaka and ran towards the two Ezo.
These two Ezos are both young. They look to be no more than 25 years old at most.
One of them had his left arm injured, and his whole arm was covered in blood. He held his injured left arm and kept rolling on the ground, wailing.
The other person was more seriously injured. He seemed to have been injured in the chest, and the blood flowing from the wound stained his upper body clothes red.
This Ezo with an injured chest is the person who was crushed by the giant bear just now.
If Ogata and the others hadn't arrived in time, this man might have been mauled to death by the giant bear.
Ayaka took the lead to check on the seriously injured person.
Aiyaka: "￥%&*#@!￥%@#!%*￥!(Ezo)"
The seriously injured Ezo: "It doesn't matter to me. (Ezo language)"
Ayaka just babbled a lot of Ezhi language - Ogata couldn't understand it at all.
But Ogata understood what the more seriously injured Ezo said - he said it didn't matter to him.
The reason why Ogata could understand what this Ezo said was because he and Atachi had been carefully studying common expressions in Ezo from the "Guide to Common Ezo Phrases".
The phrase "It doesn't matter" was taught in the "Ezo Phrases Guide", and Ogata also happened to learn this phrase.
Since this Ezo said he was okay, Ogata guessed that Ayaka was just asking this Ezo if he was okay.
Ayaka pulled open the clothes on Ezo's chest and examined his injuries.
When Eyaka checked his injuries, the Ezo said "thank you" to Eyaka in Eyaka.
Then he turned his head and looked at Ogata, who was standing next to Aiyaka.
First, he looked at Ogata up and down with surprised eyes, and then said in Ezo language:
"Thank you...(Ezo)"
"He said 'Thank you'." Ayaka translated for him.
In fact, Ayaka does not need to translate for Ogata. Ogata can understand the thank you that the Ezo just said.
"Thank you" is a word that is highly used no matter which ethnic group you belong to. The first page of the "Ezo Common Teaching Guide" teaches the word "thank you".
"Aiyaka, please translate for me." Ogata said softly, "'You're welcome, I just did some small things within my power'."
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Ogata himself is also a person who has suffered countless injuries.
He has lost count of how many injuries he has suffered since traveling to the Edo period.
Because of too many injuries, Ogata has now developed some ability to see wounds.
According to Ogata's observation, the wounds on these two people were not serious.
The man whose left arm was injured had no other major injuries except the injury to his left arm.
The man who was injured in the chest, although his chest was injured, fortunately the wound was not deep and no artery was damaged.
These two people are also considered to be lucky.
Especially the man who was injured in the chest was crushed by a bear and only suffered such a slight injury. To describe it as a blessing in misfortune is not enough.
After taking a few cursory glances at their injuries, Ayaka turned to Ogata and said:
"Mashima, can you help me? Move these two people with me to the hunting cabin we just stayed in. Although their injuries are not fatal, it is better to deal with them quickly."
"Let's keep that bear until later and deal with it slowly."
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Eyaka carried the Ezo who was injured in the chest, while Ogata carried the Ezo who was injured in the arm.
The two men carried the injured two people back to the hunting lodge where they had just lived.
Aiyaka carried with him herbs that could heal wounds and clean cloths to bandage them.
According to Ayaka, this herb can reduce inflammation and prevent wounds from suppurating.
After chewing the herbs with his teeth, Ayaka applied the chewed medicine to the wounds of the two men.
While healing the two men, Ayaka asked them how they had encountered the man-eating bear just now.
The man with the injured chest was not suitable to talk, so Ayaka asked the man with the injured left arm to explain.
The man with the injured left arm did not speak Japanese, so after he told them what they had just experienced in Emi, Aiyaka had to translate it for them.
It turned out that these two people were villagers of Hege Village.
The man with the chest injury was named "Noosa".
The man whose left arm was injured is named "Nakushi".
Hege Village was one of the settlements that responded to the appearance of the pair of man-eating giant bears and sent people to hunt them down.
These two people, like Aiyaka, came to hunt the pair of man-eating bears.
Just now, the two of them were passing by nearby, looking for a suitable place to spend the night.
Then he encountered a sneak attack from the man-eating male bear.
The two of them were walking on the snow when the man-eating male bear suddenly jumped out of the darkness and attacked them.
The two had little hunting experience, and the man-eating male bear was very cunning and good at hiding, so they never found the man-eating male bear hiding in the dark.
Although they did not discover the man-eating male bear in time, they instinctively dodged when the man-eating male bear attacked them.
Their instinctive dodge saved their lives.
Naikushi's left arm was scratched by the bear's claws, while Noosa's chest was scratched by the bear's claws - but because of their dodge, neither of them suffered too serious injuries.
Being scratched by a bear's paw, not only did they not die, they were not seriously injured - the two of them were really lucky.
After quietly listening to Ayaka's translation, Ogata asked Ayaka with a wry smile:
"That man-eating male bear happened to be near us... Could it really be planning to come for revenge on us?"
"It's possible." Aiyaka smiled bitterly and nodded along with Ogata, "otherwise, it would be difficult to explain why it happened to be near us."
"Mashima, it seems that you were right. It really came back tonight and plans to seek revenge on us."
"I really hope I can say anything about other aspects..." Ogata sighed in a half-joking tone.
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After giving good medicine to Naikushi and Nusa, the two fell into a deep sleep due to exhaustion and injuries.
After the two fell asleep, Eyaka, who had finished his work, let out a sigh of relief, and then asked Ogata and Atachi in a voice that would not disturb the two people who had already fallen asleep:
"What was the weapon you used when attacking that giant man-eating bear just now? A short gun?"
As soon as he heard it, he knew that the weapons Ayaka was referring to were Sosakura and Kasumi Nagi.
"Yeah." Amachi answered before Ogata could, "Yes, it's a short gun."
"It's amazing...it can shoot so many rounds in a row."
"The Lucians' blunderbuss can only fire one shot."
"Oh?" Amachi's eyes showed interest, "Have you seen the Lucian short musket?"
"Yes, I have seen it. Not long ago, a group of Lucians lived in our village for a while."
"It was at that time that I saw the short muskets used by the Lucians."
"In addition to short blunderbuss, they also have long blunderbuss."
"But whether it's their short or long musket, they can only fire one shot."
"It cannot fire many rounds in a row like the short blunderbuss you use."
"If the power of your short muskets could be greater, there might not be any animals in the entire forest that can be your opponent."
After praising Sosakura and Kasumi Nagi, Aiyaka adjusted his sitting posture, and then continued to talk.
This time, Ayaka's tone was full of emotion.
"The man-eating bear incident is finally over..."
"What a good luck..."
"I thought that even if I followed you, it would take several days before I could hope to kill that man-eating bear."
"I didn't expect things to be settled so soon."
"In this way, we can comfort the souls of the nine compatriots who were unfortunately killed by these man-eating bears."
"Nine people?" Atachi exclaimed in a low voice.
"Yes. That's right. This is only the number we have found so far. The number of people eaten by these man-eating bears must be far more than this number."
"The first time I discovered these pair of man-eating bears was half a month ago."
"This pair of man-eating bears broke into the village next door to the village where I live in the middle of the night."
"They smashed the walls of the house and took away a mother and daughter. Then they quickly fled from the village."
"Once a bear eats human flesh, it can only feed on human flesh for the rest of its life."
"Although according to our Ainu traditional concepts, the reason why a bear cannot eat other food except human flesh for the rest of its life after eating human flesh is because it has been punished by the gods."
"It is forbidden to eat delicious foods such as nuts and fish."
"I actually don't really believe this statement."
"In my opinion, the reason why bears will only eat human flesh for the rest of their lives after eating human flesh is just because they find that humans are more delicious."
"And found that people are quite fragile and easy to hunt."
"Without weapons, no matter how strong a person is, it is impossible to defeat a bear."
"I guess these man-eating bears must have migrated here from a relatively distant place."
"After the mother and daughter were taken away and the pair of man-eating bears appeared in our area for the first time, other victims appeared in other villages."
"Since this pair of man-eating bears first appeared in our area, they have eaten a total of nine people."
"The youngest among them is only 9 years old."
Having said this, Ayaka sighed heavily.
"Now that the pair of man-eating bears have been dealt with, the people in the village can finally sleep peacefully."
As soon as Aiyaka finished speaking, Atachi immediately asked:
"I'm very curious. Don't bears hibernate in winter? Why can those two man-eating bears still walk in the snow with such swagger?"
"This is a common misconception that many people have." Ayaka smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Not all bears hibernate."
"The reason why bears hibernate is because they can't find much food in the winter, so they don't have enough food."
"In order to survive the winter, we hide in the nest and enter a state of half-asleep and half-awake, which is commonly known as 'hibernation'."
"In other words, if there is enough food, bears will not hibernate."
"That's why I think those man-eating bears started eating people very early."
Ayaka's tone gradually became deeper.
Because his tone became deeper, his tone also became weird.
"There are delicious food everywhere, how can they hibernate well in their nests?"
Atachi shrank his neck.
Ogata couldn't help but feel terrified.
What Aiyaka just said is simply terrifying to think about.
After sighing again, Ayaka bowed his head to Ogata and Atachi, and then solemnly thanked:
"Thank you for your help. Thanks to you, we were able to hunt down the pair of Unkamuyi so quickly."
"You're welcome." Ogata returned the courtesy, "We haven't done anything extraordinary."
"I will keep my promise." Aiyaka smiled, "I will take you to my village tomorrow."
"I will do my best to help you find the two people you are looking for."
Ogata: "Thank you. I will trouble you starting tomorrow."
"My village is not far from here. If I walk, it will take about two and a half days."
"Now I will help you deal with that man-eating male bear."
After saying that, Ayaka drew out his short sword.
"That man-eating male bear was also hunted by you, so everything about it belongs to you. Which part of it do you want, I will get it for you now."
"You also participated in the hunting of that bear." Ogata said, "Let's divide the bear equally."
Ayaka smiled and shook his head:
"Although I followed you to attack the man-eating male bear just now, I actually didn't do much."
"From the beginning to the end, I only shot one arrow at the man-eating male bear."
"The poison on the arrow hasn't taken effect yet, and it was killed by you."
"So that bear is the one you hunted."
"The hunting rules of our Ainu are - whoever hunts the prey will own it."
"So I can't take anything from that giant man-eating bear just now."
Seeing that Aiyaka insisted on not wanting anything from the man-eating giant bear, Ogata stopped being pretentious.
"Then... I'll trouble you. Just help us cut off the bear skin and bear bile."
"You only need bear skin and bear bile again? Don't you need anything else? There are many good things in bears."
"I know there are many good things in the bear." Ogata smiled helplessly, "But neither my wife nor I have the energy to carry all the treasures in the bear with us."
"So we just take the most precious bear skins and bear bile."
"That's it...I understand." Aiyaka nodded, "But as a hunter, I suggest that in addition to taking the bear skin and bile from this man-eating male bear, you also take it
Take away the bear’s paws.”
"Bear paw?" Amachi asked, "Why?"
"Because bear paws are the most delicious part of a bear."
Ayaka smiled.
"The man-eating female bear we met during the day had dry bear paws. It looked like the kind of bear paws that didn't taste good. We Ainu people would never use them to treat guests. So I didn't suggest it.
Take the paw of that man-eating female bear."
"But this man-eating male bear is different."
"Its bear paws have a lot of meat, which is considered a treasure among bear paws."
"It doesn't matter if you don't eat the bear paws of that man-eating female bear, they won't taste good anyway."
"But I think it is very necessary for you to taste the bear paws of this man-eating male bear."
"Bear paws..." Ogata scratched his hair, "But neither my wife nor I know how to cook bear paws."
"It doesn't matter." Aiyaka waved his hand, "Aren't you going to the village where I live? Just bring the bear paw to the village where I live."
"I asked my grandma to help you cook bear paws."
"My grandma is a good cook. The bear paws she makes are more delicious than anyone else in the village."
Bear paws - Ogata had heard of many famous dishes related to bear paws in his previous life. He had also heard in his previous life that bear paws tasted delicious.
Ogata, who was a little tempted, cast a questioning look at Omachi.
"What do you think? Do you want to eat bear meat and try Ainu cuisine?"
"Then... let's give it a try..." A-Machi, whose face was full of hesitation, hesitated for a while and nodded gently.
As a traditional Japanese, Atachi's traditional concepts tell her that eating animal meat is completely evil.
But the curiosity that has always been full of curiosity about all kinds of dishes that he has never tasted told Amachi: try it and see what happens.
In the end - curiosity defeated conventional wisdom.
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Early the next morning, Ogata and the others officially set off for Aiyaka's village.
They brought Naikushi and Noosa with them.
According to Ayaka, the injuries on both of their bodies were relatively serious. He only had some simple bandaging and further treatment was needed.
Therefore, he planned to carry these two people back to his village first, and while allowing them to receive further treatment in his village, he would send someone to their village to call someone to take them back.
The time it took Ogata and the others was much longer than Ayaka expected.
It wasn't until the afternoon of the third day that they finally arrived at the village where Aiyaka lived.
"Look." Aiyaka pursed his lips toward the village entrance not far away, "That's my village!"
After the village appeared within his sight, Aiyaka became excited.
Before arriving at the entrance of the village, a group of children discovered Aiyaka and hurried towards Aiyaka.
After these children saw Aiyaka, they started chattering a lot of Ezo.
Ogata couldn't understand.
But he found that Aiyaka's expression changed.
"What's wrong?" Ogata asked.
"Nothing." Aiyaka smiled helplessly, "It's just...a group of Lucians came to our village...a group of our old friends."